St Austell Brewery and Rick Stein group strike deal

Pictured: Mark Stephens, head of regional sales for St Austell Brewery and Jack Stein, chef director for The Rick Stein Group

St Austell Brewery has agreed a three-year deal to supply Rick Stein’s restaurants with beer. The two Cornish-born businesses have worked together previously, with the Stein family running The Cornish Arms in St Merryn – a St Austell Brewery-owned pub – for 15 years.

St Austell Brewery’s Korev lager is now on draught at eight of the 11 Stein’s sites across the UK, including in Padstow, London and Winchester.

Bottled Tribute will also be available as well as Harbour Brewing beers Arctic Sky and Daymer Bay – both to be supplied on draught in six of the Stein’s sites. St Austell Brewery took a minority share in Harbour in 2022 to help grow the company’s South West beer distribution.

Lee Tinn-Stephens, St Austell Brewery’s sales development and export manager, said: “It’s fantastic to have solidified this Cornish-born partnership that extends beyond the South West. It’s a hugely rewarding partnership that the whole team and I have been looking forward to. That’s because of what the Steins represent in Cornwall and beyond, in terms of quality food and establishments.

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“It’s great to be associated with Stein’s and have our beers, as well as Harbour beers, in their sites.”

Jack Stein, chef director for The Rick Stein Group, added: “It’s great to be working and forming closer ties with another longstanding Cornish business. I’m looking forward to an ice-cold pint of Korev or two in our restaurants this summer.”